Dust mop or oil mop cleaner



J. H. MARSHALL 1,943,449

MOP CLEANER DUST MOP OR OIL Filed May 22, 1929 Jan. 16, 1934.

Patented Jan. 16, 1934 umrso ESTATES PATENT OFFICE DUST'MOP on OIL MOP CLEANER Jean H. Marshall, Chicago, Ill., assignor of one-half to Robert W. Muir, Barrington, Ill.

' Application May 22, 1929. Serial No. 365,058

2 Claims. (01. -442) This invention relates to cleaners for dust The cleaning element 6 comprises a plurality mops, also sometimes known as floor mops, and of curved blades 7 radiating from a higher canalso as oil mops. tral portion or crown which may be provided Objects of this invention are to provide a with a cover 8 over the central portion of the 5 cleaner which will efiiciently clean the dust or cleaning element 6. The blades 7 curve downoil mop; which is light enough to be easily carward from the crown for a short distance and ried from room to room; which permits the then turn upward to form an overhanging porcleaning of the mop in the room where it is tion 10. The blades then curve downward on being used; which retains the dust during the the outer portion of the cleaning element 6 to 1 0 cleaning operation, and at all times; which form a straight portion 11 so constructed that eliminates the clogging of the cleaning surfaces it contacts along its length with the middle porby hair, string, and other foreign substances; tion of the sidewall 2 of receptacle 1. and which is provided with a removable clean- The ears 5 may be spot-welded to receptacle ing element to permit the ready disposal of the 1, or may be attached thereto by means of rivets .15. accumulated dust. l2, and are provided with a notch 13 and with Further objects of my invention are to proan elongated opening 14 into which the ends 15 vide a dust mop cleaner that will serve as a reof bail or handle 3 are fastened by a closed ceptacle in which to keep the mop when not in loop. use; to provide a cleaner with a handle or bail In the operation of the cleaner the cleaning 20' that engages the handle of the mop and holds element 6 is placed in the receptacle 1 and it upright when not in use; to provide a cleaner pressed down until the outer portions 11 press with a handle or bail that engages the handle firmly against the inside of sidewall 2, thus of the mop and prevents it from slipping to binding the cleaning element 6 and preventing either side when not in use; a cleaner the handle it from turning, or dropping deeper into re- 25 or bail of which is so constructed that the operceptacle l. The dust mop or oil mop (shown in ators foot may be pressed on it to hold the outline in Figure 1 in position for cleaning) cleaner firmly positioned while the dust is beis then inserted into receptacle 1 until it rests ing removed from the mop. on cleaning element 6. The mop is then ro- Further objects are to provide a cleaner for tated backward and forward and the dust is 30; dust or oil mops that can be inexpensively conscraped off the strands of the mop by the structed; that will occupy but little space; that blades 7, the upturned portions 10 assisting in has no moving parts; and that will not present the removal of the dust. The dust is not rean unsightly appearance at any time. moved by beating the mop against the blades '7,

I accomplish the above objects and others but by the drawing of the strands of the mop '35; which will become apparent as the description across the blades '7. A few backward and forproceeds and when taken in connection with the ward rotations will sufiice for the removal of accompanying drawing, as illustrative of my inthe accumulated dust, and permit the mop to vention, reference is had to: v be used to continue the cleaning.

Figure l, which is an elevation of the cleaner While rotating the mop backward and forj for dust or oil mops embodying my invention, ward in the cleaner the foot of the operator is showing the mop in the cleaner in position for placed on open loop 4 of bail or handle 3, which cleaning, a part of the receptacle being broken has been turned down so it rests near the floor. away to show the interior construction, The pressure of the foot holds the cleaner firmly Figure 2 is a plan view of the cleaner, positioned while the cleaning process is going on. 45 Figure 3 is an enlarged sectional view of the Should an interruption occur during the time 1 cleaning element, the mop and cleaner are in use the bail or handle Figure 4 is an enlarged vertical cross-section 3 is raised to an upright position and ends 15 of the ear which holds the bail orv handle of the engage in notch 13. The handle of the mop is receptacle firmly attached thereto. then placed in open loop 4 thus providing a 50 The receptacle 1 may be an ordinary pail such resting place for the mop by which it is held as is used for general household purposes, prefupright in the cleaner until the use of the mop erably provided with a fluted sidewall 2, and is resumed. This same procedure can be folwith a special bail or handle 3 which is provided lowed when the dusting has been completed and in its central portion with an open loop land is the mop and cleaner have been set away till 55 attached to the pail by cars 5. again needed, or the mop handle can be placed 1 in open loop 4 in other than a vertical position, so the mop cannot slip to either side.

When the cleaner has been in use for some timepossibly a monththe accumulated dust and other foreign matter can be emptied out of the cleaner either by shaking thru the blades 7, or-and preferab1yby pulling cleaning element 6 out of receptacle 1 and emptying the receptacle, after which the cleaning element is replaced.

In the process of cleaning, the mop flattens out over the blades 7 forming a cover which prevents any escape of dust into the room. There are no eddying currents within the receptacle 1 during the cleaning operation, because the mop is rotated backward and forward, and is not pounded up and down. For these reasons no dust escapes from the cleaner. The cover 8 is provided to serve as an additional scraper for the strands of the mop, and also serves to prevent the strands from approaching the center of the cleaning element 6, Where a wedging effect might occur if cover 8 were not used.

While I have illustrated and described my invention with some degree of particularity, I realize that in practice various alterations therein may be made. I therefore reserve the right and privilege of changing the form of the details of construction or otherwise altering the arrangement of the correlated parts without departing from the spirit of the invention or the scope of the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by United States Letters Patent is:-

1. A device of the class described comprising a receptacle, a plurality of radially disposed curved blades removably set within the receptacle, and a cover cap over the central portion of 

